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Efficacy of SLT in Patients With Insufficient IOP Control Under Maximum Tolerated Drug Therapy (Eye Drops)

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University of Zurich (UZH)

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 4

Conditions

Glaucoma

Treatments

Device: selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00801658
FunkSLT

Details and patient eligibility

About

Examination and follow-up of efficacy and safety of SLT in patients with unsufficient IOP control despite maximum tolerated topical therapy. In addition, it will be examined whether medical treatment can be reduced after the SLT procedure and whether filtering surgery - as the only remaining option - may be postponed.

Full description

SLT (Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty) uses the Nd:YAG-Lasers (wavelength 532nm, Q-switched, frequency-doubled). Thanks to the low laser energy used and the short duration of treatment, only pigmented cells of the trabecular meshwork are targeted and selectively treated. Neighboring, non-pigmented cells and tissue are spared collateral and thermic damage, the architecture of the trabecular meshwork remains intact. The SLT procedure uses less than 1% of the energy of the ALT procedure with an extremely low pulsation duration.

Several studies confirm the effective IOD reduction of SLT and rate the procedure as an relatively safe and effective therapy for glaucoma. Also repeated use of the SLT procedure is considered as meaningful. Meanwhile the SLT procedure is used as primary and supplementary treatment of glaucoma and study confirmed that the SLT procedure was just as effective as administration of Latanoprost in reducing IOD in newly-diagnosed glaucoma.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with

  • primary open angle glaucoma (including normal tension glaucoma)
  • pseudoexfoliation glaucoma
  • pigment dispersion glaucoma

Exclusion criteria: previous intraocular surgery closed angle glaucoma pediatric glaucoma inflammatory or uveitic glaucoma unclear view of the trabecular meshwork

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

Trial contacts and locations

1

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